Standing on the corner
  Just me and Yoko Ono
  We was waiting for Jerry to land
  Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
  Singing, "Have a marijuana if you can"
  His name was David Peel
  And we found that he was real
  He sang, "The Pope smokes dope every day"
  Up come a policeman shoved us up the street
  Singing, "Power to the people today!"
  
  New York City...New York City...New York City
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?
  
  Well down to Max's Kansas City
  Got down the nitty gritty
  With the Elephants Memory Band
  Laid something down
  As the news spread around
  About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band!
  And we played some funky boogie
  And laid some tutti frutti
  Singing, "Long Tall Sally's a man."
  Up come a preacherman trying to be a teacher
  Singing, "God's a red herring in drag!"
  
  New York City...New York City...New York City
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?
  
  New York City...New York City...New York City
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?
  
  Well we did the Staten Island Ferry
  Making movies for the telly
  Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom
  Tried to shake our image
  Just a cycling through the Village
  But found that we had left it back in London
  Well nobody came to bug us
  Hustle us or shove us
  So we decided to make it our home
  If the Man wants to shove us out
  We gonna jump and shout
  The Statue of Liberty said, "Come!"
  
  New York City...New York City...New York City
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?
  
  New York City...back in New York City...New York City
  Que pasa, New York?
  Que pasa, New York?